The 23 possibly are semi-speakers.

Pilar Valenzuela (personal communication) reports that Glaucia Candido (a linguist who worked with the Shanenawas) asked a Shanenawa friend the question, and he reports that today there are only 23 fluent speakers, from a population of 800 Shanenawas. Adults (including Candido's friend who is reporting this) speak the language but not with fluency and the children understdand but do not speak it.

9 (Moore 2006). Ethnic population: 360 (2002 FUNAI).

There may be confusion here; Moore (2006:40) lists under "Pano family" Shanenawa with [300] as its population, but no number of speakers given, but lists also under "Pano family" Arara / Shawanauá, saying of this: "Arara, Shanenawá, Yamináwa, Yawanawá, Yawanawá dlalects of one language" with 9? speakers and a populations of 300.

Shanenawá (Katukina Shanenawá)